Mats Hummels

Mats Hummels
Hummels playing for Borussia Dortmund in the DFB-Pokal in 2023
Personal information
Full name Mats Julian Hummels[1]
Date of birth (1988-12-16) 16 December 1988 (age 35)[2]
Place of birth Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Roma
Number 15
Youth career
1995–2006 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Bayern Munich II 42 (5)
2007–2009 Bayern Munich 1 (0)
2008–2009Borussia Dortmund (loan) 13 (0)
2009–2016 Borussia Dortmund 212 (19)
2016–2019 Bayern Munich 74 (3)
2019–2024 Borussia Dortmund 142 (11)
2024– Roma 0 (0)
International career
2007 Germany U20 1 (0)
2007–2010 Germany U21 21 (5)
2010– Germany 78 (5)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Germany
FIFA World Cup
Winner 2014 Brazil
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2009 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:45, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:58, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Mats Julian Hummels (German pronunciation: [ˈmats ˈhʊml̩s]; born 16 December 1988) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Roma and the Germany national team.

He came through the Bayern Munich youth academy before joining Borussia Dortmund on loan in January 2008 and officially signing for Dortmund in February 2009 for €4 million. He rejoined Bayern in 2016 for an undisclosed fee and was sold back to Dortmund three years later, having won the Bundesliga in all his seasons in Munich. He has made over 500 total appearances for Dortmund, winning the Bundesliga twice and finishing runner-up in the UEFA Champions League in 2013 and 2024.

Hummels has been part of the Germany national team since 2010, earning over 70 caps to date and representing Germany at the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups, and at UEFA Euro 2012, 2016 and 2020.

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Mats Hummels: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Mats Hummels". Borussia Dortmund. Retrieved 27 June 2020.